Prüm climate — normals and trends
Prüm (Germany) has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Dfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 7.8 °C and it receives 862 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (16.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Prüm averages 83 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 160 rainy days per year.
Prüm has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 100 to 66 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.0 °C (on 25 July 2019) and the coldest -22.4 °C (on 19 December 2009).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
PrümRhineland-Palatinate
- coords
- 50.21°, 6.42°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
7.8°C
Average daily high
11.0°C
Average daily low
4.8°C
Annual rainfall
862mm
Sunshine / day
7.3h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
19.2km/h
Seasonal range
16.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
83 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
160 d/yr
Annual snowfall
77.1 cm
Average feels-like high
8.2 °C
Average feels-like low
1.5 °C
Average peak gust
39.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
10.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.0 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
36.0 °C
25 July 2019
Coldest day
-22.4 °C
19 December 2009
Wettest day
76 mm
14 July 2021
Windiest day
56.8 km/h
18 January 2007
Strongest gust
133.6 km/h
24 November 1984
Hottest feels-like
36.9 °C
6 July 1957
Coldest feels-like
-28.7 °C
1 February 1956
Snowiest day
16.7 cm
1 February 1953
Sunniest day
15.3 h
26 June 2001
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 143 mm | +69 mm |
| Feb | 4.0 °C | +1.2 °C | 43 mm | -21 mm |
| Mar | 11.0 °C | +4.1 °C | 12 mm | -55 mm |
| Apr | 14.5 °C | +3.5 °C | 63 mm | -2 mm |
| May | 17.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 47 mm | -31 mm |
| Jun | 22.6 °C | +4.4 °C | 65 mm | -14 mm |
| Jul | 22.1 °C | +2.0 °C | 128 mm | +50 mm |
| Aug | 22.8 °C | +3.0 °C | 31 mm | -45 mm |
| Sep | 16.8 °C | +0.3 °C | 138 mm | +73 mm |
| Oct | 11.5 °C | -0.1 °C | 95 mm | +31 mm |
| Nov | 7.5 °C | +1.7 °C | 50 mm | -22 mm |
| Dec | 5.5 °C | +2.7 °C | 32 mm | -46 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Prüm?
Prüm has a warm-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 7.8 °C and it receives 862 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Prüm?
The hottest day measured in Prüm between 1940 and 2025 was 25 July 2019, reaching 36.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Prüm?
The coldest day measured in Prüm between 1940 and 2025 was 19 December 2009, at -22.4 °C.
Does it snow in Prüm?
Yes. Prüm gets on average 77.1 cm of snow per year and has around 83 frost days.
Has the climate of Prüm warmed?
Yes: Prüm warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Prüm?
The wettest day measured in Prüm between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 2021, with 76 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Prüm?
The windiest day measured in Prüm between 1940 and 2025 was 18 January 2007, with winds reaching 56.8 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Prüm?
The warmest month in Prüm is July (16.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Prüm?
Prüm receives on average 862 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 160 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Prüm?
Prüm gets on average 7.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 2,665 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Prüm?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Prüm between 1940 and 2025 was 1 February 1953, with 16.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Prüm?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Prüm.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Prüm?
In Prüm, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.9 °C on 6 July 1957, and the lowest was -28.7 °C on 1 February 1956.
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